Al-Hawl
Al-Hawl (Arabic: ٱلْهَوْل, romanized: al-Hawl, lit. '"swampland"'), also spelled al-Hole, al-Hol, al-Hool and al-Houl, is a town in eastern al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria, under control of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria. It is the administrative center of the Al-Hawl Subdistrict consisting of 22 municipalities. At the 2004 census, the town had a population of 3,409. Al-Hawl is the site of the Al-Hawl refugee camp.
al-Hawl
ٱلْهَوْل | |
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Town | |
al-Hawl Location of al-Hawl in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 36.3914°N 41.1514°E | |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | al-Hasakah |
| District | al-Hasakah |
| Subdistrict | al-Hawl |
| Control | Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria |
| Elevation | 452 m (1,483 ft) |
| Population (2004) | 3,409 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Geocode | C4519 |
During the civil war, al-Hawl was seized by Islamic State forces, becoming one of the major IS strongholds in northeastern Syria. On 13 November 2015, al-Hawl was captured by the SDF, in what was considered as the first strategic success by the newly established SDF.
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